acorns
Last post 20-11-2008 6:39 PM by bogweevil. 1 replies.
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19/11/2008 10:17 PM
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- kgibb
- 19 Nov 2008
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my oak tree has not produced a single acorn this year and neither has my sister's - she lives about 15 miles away
Any ideas why?
How will it affect the local wildlife - although I live in an urban area we normally have lots of jays.
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20/11/2008 06:39 PM
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This is nothing to worry about. Trees have years of dearth and years of plenty - why? Well perhaps due to frost at flowering time, drought when forming flower buds in autumn or because exhausted after a preceding year of heavy seed crop. Also it is very likely that trees have evolved to have "on years" and "off years" so that seed eaters, birds, squirrels, etc, can be starved out in lean times so they can only take a small percentage in years of heavy seed production leaving the rest to grow.
Boggy
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